The Coronavirus

[David Horn]

(05-14-2021, 02:01 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Younger people are now eligible, but innoculations have declined, even though access is now easy. So those vast younger cohorts (especially the younger Xers) are getting it done too slowly, even despite not being eligible until recently, whereas the older Xers and young boomers (the 50-64 group) got out there and got it done quickly, even though they still had to get appointments. As my local stats prove, 2nd doses (now being received by the 50-64 age group) are still happening fast, while 1st doses lag.

A lot of that is the political effect.  Once Trump couldn't claim credit for creating the vaccines, Republican interest in getting vaccinated dropped like a brick.  General interest dropped when the CDC made no differentiation between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated, so why get the vaccine, said far too many.  It's hard to know how long it will be before the Federal government mandates vaccine passports for certain activities, and the howling begins in earnest.  Right now, we're still trying carrots alone.  I don't see that being enough.